CFAES Students Abroad

Steven Doyle in Tanzania

Steven Doyle in Tanzania

Steven Doyle, M.S. student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, conducted field research on the interaction between agricultural practices, cropping systems, and soil quality in Morogoro, Tanzania, for 2 months in the summer of 2017. The research was a collaboration with the Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA), and supported by the Office of International Programs in Agriculture in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Science (CFAES).

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Irene S. Kargbo in Liberia

Irene S. Kargbo in Liberia

Irene S. Kargbo, PhD Student in the Department of Entomology, is from Monrovia, Liberia and funded by Borlaug Higher Education for Agricultural Research and Development (BHEARD) program. From June - August 2017, she returned to her home country to collect species of rice stem borers for further research, entitled "Identification of rice stem borers and evaluation of the efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae for their management in Liberia".

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Vivian Bernau in Mexico

Vivian Bernau in Mexico

Vivian Bernau, PhD Candidate in the Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, has conducted research in Mexico with collaborator Dr. Denise Costich at the International Center for Maize and Wheat Improvement (CIMMYT) since February, 2017. Her research, entitled "Germination of highland maize landraces under drought stress: in vitro and en campo", is funded by a Borlaug Graduate Research Fellowship from Purdue University’s Center for Global Food Security.

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Joanna Kingsbury in Bolivia

Joanna Kingsbury in Bolivia

Joanna Kingsbury, M.S. Student in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, was funded by 2017 International Academic Enrichment grant to conduct research in Bolivia, entitled “Restoring Tropical Grasslands for Biodiversity in Beni, Bolivia”.

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Taylor Klass in Uganda

Taylor Klass in Uganda

Taylor, undergraduate student in the Department of Animal Sciences, is one of the first students who will graduate in May 2018 with the CFAES Global Option designation on her diploma. In the Summer 2017, completed her undergraduate honors thesis research in Uganda studying smallholder, non-grazing dairy farms in the urban and suburban areas of the capital city, Kampala. Dr. Elly Subiiti from the Makerere University served as Taylor’s mentor and Ugandan supervisor of her research.

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Yvan Delgado de la Flor in Peru

Yvan Delgado de la Flor in Peru

Yvan Delgado de la Flor, a PhD student in the Department of Entomology, during his December 2016 research expedition in Cusco, Peru where he studied spider biodiversity.

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Dustin Homan in Ghana

Dustin Homan in Ghana

Dustin Homan, MS student in the Department of Agricultural Communication, Education, and Leadership, faciliates instruction during his research on 4-H volunteer competencies in Ghana in March 2017.

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Anna Testen in Tanzania

Anna Testen in Tanzania

Anna Testen, Ph.D. Student in Plant Pathology, studied tomato diseases in Tanzania in the summer of 2014. Her blog at http://u.osu.edu/testen.2/ documented her activities and research.